On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:00:22 -0800, Craig Jungers wrote: >The political fight has no bearing on whether or not man actually has made climate change worse. If we have and don't change anything then we face some serious problems. If we haven't and do change then nothing bad happens. Craig, I think your last sentence is the part about this whole brouhaha that fails to pass muster with a lot of sensible folks. The idea that "nothing bad happens" belies a willful ignoring of human nature: people will never willingly give up greater liberty, prosperity, comfort, etc., (pick one) for the unfounded hope that such sacrifice will effect meaningful change. A lot of authors put this better than I can, one example here: http://snipurl.com/8jz26 Me? I'm too busy hacking my way out to the main road after a devastating ice storm in the area. We just had 25 degF combined with about 3" liquid rainfall over about a 6-hour period. Warming that ain't and I'm hard pressed to find any sort of enjoyable outdoor recreational activity that takes advantage of such conditions ;] 73 --allan SEVT *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Dec 16 2008 - 21:09:14 PST
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